Sius Malacos

[Heartless]

Modern day
Sius Anton Malacos is the latest descendant of the Kr'on. He joined the Rheinland Military like all men before him did. Their name seemed to have an effect around people, raising morale and spirit, knowing his story. The Swiss were more populated now, and with still his home patriotism in him, Sius considers himself halve Swiss and have German (Rheinland). While serving in the Navy in an outpost on the Rheinland border, he received the tragic news, that his parents, ex-Rheinland navy commander, and his wife were shot and killed after their private yacht was ambushed by non other than Liberty security forces. Sius's fury had never been greater, and his companions had to keep him constantly under their control, before he shot every single Liberty out of space.
In one such event, Sius engaged the enemy without any though, and ended up having to be tractor beamed in by a friendly cruiser near the end of the battle. As it turns out, before his ship ejected him from the cockpit, incoming fire had fried the consoles, and the cockpit was smoking. Sius's eyebrows were scorched cleanly off, thus earning the name SwissScorch after the battle. He went by that name as a call sign to his comrades. Soon after, it was discovered, that they were not actually Liberty forces, but Nomads. The Nomads were behind this. Them being the reason for all the death and destruction that caused not only his fury, but also that of almost every single human citizen in the Sirius sector. He vowed to do all in his power to eliminate them permanently. And as for the Liberty forces, they were indeed behind many Rheinland attacks, and war was about to break out between the two factions. Like hundreds of years ago on earth, these two factions would once again meet eye to eye in battle. Interferences with Rheinland would not be accepted, and Liberty will have to learn.
Shortly thereafter he approached his commanding officer and announced his resignation. He had no future staying in New Berlin and touring the galaxy constantly repelling pirates and Liberty forces. He had to do more. His superior, Admiral Kleinfeld understood. Being the excellent pilot that he is and more, Sius was told by everyone that he would be missed, and if he ever needed anything, anything at all, the Rheinland military was there for him. They were after all, his family.
Sius packed what little stuff he owned, headed to his Wrath, and launched for space without looking back. He figured the most interesting places to go to were the Omicrons and the Sigma's. They were close by, and there were recent reports of Rheinlanders disappearing. He decided to go explore and made his way to the far sides of Sirius. He had to avoid Corsair systems, and when he did enter, he took the long way around to make sure he wouldn't get detected. By long way, basically he flew around the system, instead of going straight through. He passed through a few more jump holes, and eventually made it to a Freeport in the middle of no where. It had been a long trip, so he decided to take a small break. Zoners were after all, neutral to practically everyone, so they didnt mind hosting a freelancer. He spent a few hours there, getting some rest, a nice meal, and stocking up on provisions.
After getting back into his ship, he took off, once again, not knowing were he was going. He had talked to a man in the bar back on the station, and said the man said that he had seen ships just like the one Sius was flying in a distant system in the Omicrons. He did not know the place, but had the coordinates to it. Sius bought them from him, and had them uploaded to his navmap. He headed for the jump hole that was supposedly in a near-by asteroid field. After a few laps and spins, he finally found it. He jumped through it, and waited to see what the other side had in store for him.
The bright light began to steady into blackness, as the world around him came to a nice, halt. Of course, the relaxation only lasted for a minute. Right after exiting the hole, a few Rheinland ships appeared on his scanners. Sius's face light up, as he began to hail them. Strangely, he received no reply, and the ships were still headed straight towards him. He knew something was wrong, so he powered up his weapons, engaged his thrusters, and waited for them to make the first move. It didn't take long, only a few clicks away; the ships began shooting at Sius. He was ready, and shifted the ship sharply to the right and evades the incoming fire. He then strafed behind the ships that looked exactly like his and opened fire. H didnt like the idea, but those weren't Rheinlanders or they werent any more. He was on their tail, and managed to disable on ship. He refused to destroy it, it might still be a Rheinlander, but chances were slim. The other fighters then began to turn around him, and soon Sius found himself with ships coming in from all directions. The way they moved seemed un-human to him. He thought it was over, but suddenly more ships appeared on his scopes. ****, this is going to be tough he thought, but before he decided to go crazy with the controls, the new ships opened fire, but had aimed for the other Rheinland ships. Sius didnt bother waiting, so he engaged his cruise engines, and headed towards the jump hole he came from. But these new ships were ready. They were organized and knew what they were doing. By the jump hole, there was one of them, a fighter. The only ID signature it gave off was that by the name of Seanthedestroyer. A funny name, Sius thought. But he took no chances, and aimed for the jump hole. Before he could, Sean hit Sius with a cruise disruptor. Not a normal one though, some advanced version of your every day gear. Siuss ship's engines came to a halt, and not many things were functional.
"Now listen, were not hear to hurt you, we just want to know what youre doing here, and why youre here."
"What makes you think Im going to tell you? You shot me!"
"True, your power will come back on in a minute, but listen now. I can either let you go peacefully, or turn this into a fight."
"Yeah? Well your buddies are over there fighting my people! I mean what I think are my people or"
Sean cut him off, and giggled a little bit.
"You have no idea do you? Those Rheinland ships are Nomad infested. And we detected that your ship was in trouble and that there were no nomad readings in you.
"How do you know all this? How can I believe you?"
"Well, I'm from the Order. Were a secret well not to you anymore, but we're a well organized, small faction that is dedicated to keeping the people of Sirius safe from these invaders."
Sius rose whatever eyebrows grew by this time, and thought carefully about his next move. Before he knew it, all his ships power came back on. He had started to tell Sean his story and how he would be interested in learning more about the Order, before a message came across the Global channel.
"All Black Squadron forces retreat back to Minor, there are just too many!"
"What the..." said Sius.
"Alright, listen. If you want to know more, come to this system in time."
Sean transferred a message to Sius's ship that had the coordinates to a Omicron Minor system.
"Alright. Thanks I guess see ya soon."
And with that, Sius jumped through the jump hole right in front of him, as Sean formed up with the other Order fighters and headed another way.
It didn"t end here. Once he got back to what he thought was safety, nomad ships appeared out of no where. Sius didn't have time for this. He engaged his cruise engines and headed to Colonial Sirius. After a few hours, he found himself in between Rheinland and Liberty. He had no idea how he got there, he just lost track of all the jump holes he took to get there. But at last, there was a station in site. A Liberty station Sius didnt like it, but now the closest way to get to Omicron Minor was through Liberty, and through New York itself, were he would have to sneak through zone 21 to get to his destination.

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SwissScorch --> Heartless